Use of Information Technology in Physician Practices

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1 Use of Information Technology in Physician Practices 1. Do you have access to a computer at your current office practice? YES NO -- PLEASE SKIP TO QUESTION #2 If YES, please answer the following. a. Do you have internet access at your current office practice? YES What type of internet access do you have? (Please all that apply) Dial-up High Speed (i.e. cable or DSL) Wireless NO b. Do you routinely use the available computer? (at least once on ½ of all business days) Yes No c. Do other, non-physician, staff at your office use the available computer? Yes No d. Does the computer get used in the scope of your practice? YES For what type of functions? (Please all that apply) Scheduling of patients appointments Patient registration Billing/ charge capture Dictation Drug references/medication interactions Lab results Access to reference materials Bills/claims submission Electronic prescribing of drugs Weight based dosing Electronic order entry (e.g., labs, x-rays) Patient records Other: (Please Specify) NO 2. Do you currently own a personal digital assistant (PDA) (i.e., Palm Pilot or Pocket PC)? YES NO 3. Do you routinely use a PDA in your office practice? (at least once on ½ of all business days) YES NO If Yes, for which of the following functions do you use your PDA? (Please all that apply) Drug references Charge capture Medication interactions Patient records Access to reference materials Lab results Electronic Prescribing of medications Bills/claims submission Electronic order entry (e.g., labs, x-rays) Weight based dosing Calendar and other organizer functions Dictation Other: (Please Specify) Physicians and Information Technology Page 1

2 4. Do you personally use from your office practice to communicate with patients? YES NO -- PLEASE SKIP TO QUESTION #4C If YES, please answer the following: a. How often do you patients? Often (at least once on ½ of all business days) Occasionally Rarely b. Which of the following policies, if any, do you require for with your patients? Establish a turnaround time for messages Inform patients about privacy issues with respect to Print communications and place in patient s chart Establish types of transactions (i.e., prescription refill, appointment scheduling, etc.) Instruct patients to put category of transaction in subject line of message Request patients put their name or identification number in body of message Configure automatic reply to acknowledge receipt of patient s message Send a new message to inform patient of completion of request Request patients use auto-reply feature to acknowledge reading clinician s message Develop archival and retrieval mechanisms Explain to patients that their message should be concise Remind patients when they do not adhere to guidelines When messages become too lengthy, notify patients to come in to discuss or call them c. If you DON T personally use with patients: Please answer the following: Would you like to communicate with your patients by in the future? Yes No Don t Know Yet 5. Other than patients, do you use from your practice with any other groups? YES NO If YES, which of the following groups do you use with? (Please all that apply) Family member or caregiver of patients Other doctors Business related communications (e.g., with insurers, pharmacies, etc.) Hospitals Pharmaceutical companies My personal friends or family members Other (please specify): Page 2 Physicians and Information Technology

3 6. Does your current office practice use a Registry or Disease Management software system? YES NO If YES, which of the following chronic diseases are followed? (Please all that apply) Diabetes Coronary Artery Disease Hypertension Heart Failure Preventive Care Other: (Please Specify): 7. Does your current office practice have an Internet website available to patients? YES NO If NO, do you plan to get a website? (Please one) YES, very soon (within 1 year) YES, but not within the next year NO 8. Does your current office practice use electronic health records (EHR)? YES EHR is defined as a paperless form of the medical record that requires the provider to enter patient information (i.e., clinical notes) into a computer system instead of doing so on paper. If yes, what YEAR best describes when you began using EHR in your practice (please indicate year) If yes, please specify the vendor of your EHR system: NO Please answer the following: Are you considering getting EHR? (Please one) Yes, very soon (within 1 year) Yes, but not within the next year No, I am not considering getting EHR at this time 9. Do you personally routinely use Electronic Health records (EHR) in your office practice? YES NO If YES, Which of the following functions does your EHR include? (Please all that apply) Problem list Patient scheduling Procedures Weight-based dosing calculations Diagnoses Growth charting Medication list Clinical decision support Allergies Patient education materials Patient demographics (i.e., age, DOB, etc.) Coding advice to physicians Clinical notes Advance directives Electronic prescribing of medications Access to reference material Electronic order entry (i.e., labs or x-rays) Preventive service reminders Electronically available lab data/ results Auto-updated insurance coverage info Electronically available x-ray results Offsite access/ log-in capability Electronic connection to pharmacy info Other (Specify): Physicians and Information Technology Page 3

4 10. Please indicate how each potential barrier affects your decision to continue (or expand) using EHR. If you do not currently use EHR, please respond by indicating how much each barrier contributes to why you don t currently use EHR in your office practice. Productivity Major POTENTIAL BARRIERS Minor Not a Not Applicable Lack of time to acquire, implement such a system Entering data into computer can be cumbersome No time to learn how to use such a system The system would be difficult to use EHR may slow me down Disrupts workflow and/or office s physical layout to accommodate going to a computerized system Temporary loss of productivity and/or revenue during EHR system implementation phase Financial Inadequate Return on Investment (ROI) Upfront cost of hardware/software are too high Ongoing maintenance costs would be too high Technical Lack of uniform data standards within the industry Products available do not meet my needs Me and/or my staff don t have any technical knowledge Temporary loss of access to patient records if computer crashes or power fails Patients Privacy/confidentiality concerns (i.e., electronic records not secure) Patient resistance or not wanting their physicians to use EHR 11. How satisfied are you with the level of computerization in your current office practice? Very Somewhat Neutral Somewhat Very 12. Overall, how sophisticated of a computer user do you consider yourself? Very Sophisticated Sophisticated Neutral Unsophisticated Very Unsophisticated 13. Overall, how satisfied are you with your current medical practice? Very Somewhat Neutral Somewhat Very Page 4 Physicians and Information Technology

5 DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 14. Which of the following best describes the area in which you currently spend the majority of your practice time? (Please select only one choice) Family Medicine General Surgery Internal Medicine Surgical Specialty (Specify) Pediatrics Medical Specialty (Specify) OB/GYN Other (Specify) 15. Estimate the percent of your practice that is made up of patients in the following age groups: 0-18 years % years % years % 65 years and over % 16. Approximately what percentage of your patients have the following insurance coverage? Medicare % Private insurance % Medicaid % Self-pay or uninsured % 17. How many physicians, including yourself, work at the practice location where you spend the majority of your time? # of physicians 18. Which single setting best describes where the majority of your time is spent? Single specialty practice Group or staff model HMO Multi specialty practice Academic health center/ university setting Hospital or Emerg. Dept. (hospital employee) Community health center Hospital-owned office-based practice County health department (hospital employee) Other (Specify) 19. How long have you practiced... In your current community? Total years in practice (since medical school graduation) YEARS YEARS 20. Race/Ethnicity: White non-hispanic Gender: Male African-American or Black non-hispanic Hispanic Asian Other Female Age: (years) 21. If you are willing to participate in follow-up research related to this survey, please mark the following box: (Your responses will always be kept confidential) Yes, I would like to receive a summary of the findings. Thank you for your help!!! Please return survey in the pre-addressed, postage-paid envelope to: FSU Survey Research Laboratory Tallahassee, Florida Physicians and Information Technology Page 5

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